A total of 42 participatory research projects from Austria, which are already successfully implementing the participation of different target groups in science, presented themselves at the conference. The programme was dedicated to exchange and networking. At the end of the conference, three winners were chosen by voting from all the projects presented, each receiving a prize of 2,000 euros to expand their activities. What is special is that all three winning projects are current Sparkling Science projects.
The winning projects
- ‘This is (not) rocket science!’ is run by the Vienna Technical Museum. In this project, children and young people explore future issues in space research and create visions from their own perspective.
- ‘u3Green’ is run by the University of Salzburg. The project is dedicated to promoting child- and youth-friendly urban landscapes through participatory research into urban green spaces.
- ‘Wildlife Crime’ is run by the Natural History Museum Vienna. The participating pupils work on the scope, background and effects of the illegal wildlife trade using case studies.
Further information on the ‘OIS zam: Forum’ is available on the website of the OIS Centre of the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft.